{"slug": "targoviste", "label": "Târgoviște", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%A2rgovi%C8%99te", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188673", "qid": "Q188673", "description": "city in Dâmbovița County, Romania", "entries": 9, "years": 9, "span": [1476, 1989], "span_label": ["1476 CE", "1989 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "wallachia", "label": "Wallachia", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "romania", "label": "Romania", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "vlad-the-impaler", "label": "Vlad the Impaler", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bucharest", "label": "Bucharest", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1476, "year_label": "1476 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 8", "text": "November 8 – Báthory's invasion of Wallachia is successful in capturing Târgoviște.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361998162#October_&ndash;December", "title": "1476", "revid": 1361998162, "section": "Events › October &ndash;December"}}, {"year": 1481, "year_label": "1481 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 16", "text": "November 16 – At Târgoviște, Basarab Țepeluș cel Tânăr replaces his successor, Vlad Călugărul as the voivode (prince) of Wallachia (now part of Romania)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365936509#October&ndash;December", "title": "1481", "revid": 1365936509, "section": "Events › October&ndash;December"}}, {"year": 1508, "year_label": "1508 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 23", "text": "April 23 – Prince Mihnea cel Rău, son of Vlad the Impaler, becomes the Voivode of Wallachia, with a palace at Târgoviște (now in Romania), upon the death of his cousin Radu IV the Great.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351320572#April&ndash;June", "title": "1508", "revid": 1351320572, "section": "Events › April&ndash;June"}}, {"year": 1512, "year_label": "1512 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 23", "text": "January 23 – Neagoe Basarab becomes the new Prince of Wallachia at the capital, Târgoviște, after Prince Prince Vlad V is captured at battle in Bucharest and then decapitated.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1323795843#January&ndash;March", "title": "1512", "revid": 1323795843, "section": "Events › January&ndash;March"}}, {"year": 1521, "year_label": "1521 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "September 15", "text": "September 15 – Teodosie becomes the new Voivode of Wallachia, at the capital, Targoviste, now in Romania.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369246997#July&ndash;September", "title": "1521", "revid": 1369246997, "section": "Events › July&ndash;September"}}, {"year": 1522, "year_label": "1522 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 15", "text": "August 15 – Ottoman General Mehmed-Bey of Nikopol enters Târgoviște and takes control of the Principality of Wallachia, now part of Romania, as Radu of Afumați is forced to flee.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372799978#July&ndash;September", "title": "1522", "revid": 1372799978, "section": "Events › July&ndash;September"}}, {"year": 1529, "year_label": "1529 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 6", "text": "January 6 – Basarab VI is installed as the new Prince of Wallachia (now in Romania) in the capital at Târgoviște, days after the assassination of the Voivode Radu of Afumați by the other boyars (Wallachian nobles). Basarab's reign lasts only a month and he is removed on February 5.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362793946#January&ndash;March", "title": "1529", "revid": 1362793946, "section": "Events › January&ndash;March"}}, {"year": 1559, "year_label": "1559 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "September 25", "text": "September 25 – At the age of 12, Petru cel Tânăr (Peter the Younger) is named as the new Prince of Wallachia at the capital, Târgoviște (now in Romania) after the death of his father, Mircea the Shepherd. In response, members of Wallachian nobility (boyars) opposed to Mircea's rule launch the first of three attempts to take the throne, fighting battles at Românești, Șerpătești and Boiani.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366794840#July&ndash;September", "title": "1559", "revid": 1366794840, "section": "Events › July&ndash;September"}}, {"year": 1989, "year_label": "1989 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "December 23", "text": "December 23 – Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu are captured in Târgoviște.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369557705#December", "title": "1989", "revid": 1369557705, "section": "Events › December"}}]}